Couple thoughts on products and disposal.
Its been my experience over the years that the "higher quality" products generally feel better wet. What does that mean? I've found that the lighter absorbency products tend to feel wet quicker against the skin. The higher absorbency/quality products seem to do a better job pulling the moisture inside the product and I "feel" dryer. Obviously there comes a point where even the most absorbent product will feel wet, squishy, or leak but it seems this takes longer or more wetness. The feel of the diaper is dry even though it is technically wet. I dont know if this is making any sense, its hard to put into words but once you experience it, I think it will make sense.
After years of using the "regular" trash can. I had 2 problems. (1) odor if the trash can didn't fill fast enough for it to be emptied. (2) weight of a used diaper always seemed to pull the trash bag into the can. Beginning of the year I purchased a Dekor plus diaper pail. It is sold as a baby diaper pail but the trap door in the top is large enough for adult products. It has a sealed lid and door that really do block out odors well. I empty it on saturday and tuesday (although depending on the week sometimes saturday is a push, sometimes have to empty it on friday). For my usage that's about 4-6 pull ups and 4 tape on diapers (I usually only throw 1 overnight diaper and 1-2 pull ups a day out at home). I wear large size in both styles. I get about 1 month out of a refill liner. Purchased pail and liners from amazon. Pail if I remember correctly was around $40.00 and refills vary in price based on OEM dekor vs aftermarket. I keep in a spare room as our bathroom footprint has no space for a "large" trashcan. Seems to work well for my needs. Maybe check it out.
I use a medium white garbage bag and toss it every week. @Tim what you said about "feeling dryer" absolutely makes plenty of sense to me. I couldn't have said it better myself! That is because the products that you don't get on the mass market are better made and can stand up to longer usage than something found in the big box stores or supermarkets. Not surprisingly we pay more for the better products because they are more absorbent and use better technology to keep us more comfortable longer. That's not to mention the fact that the better products are imported and the companies "across the pond" probably take incontinence technology more seriously. I've heard of the Dekor diaper genie. I did see one once in a thrift store but there were no bags and no booklet of instructions - oh well! Pretty good price as I remember! You're right I think the new ones are around $40. But all things considered it probably is a worthwhile investment, sounds better than just stashing a garbage bag in a corner!